1. Analyze the extent to which mid-19th century reforms & movements influenced the development of democracy.

2.   Second Great Awakening  Abolition Movement  Changing Roles of Women  Jacksonian Political Reform Mid-19 th Century Reforms & Movements

3.  Second Great Awakening  Religious revival asserting that people could work toward perfection in themselves and society  Addressed issues such as:  Abolition  Temperance  Revival meetings  Impact on women’s suffrage An 1839 Methodist camp meeting

4.  Slave trade prohibited, beginning 1808 Antislavery organizations, some with religious roots W.L. Garrison: slavery violated country’s founding principles Frederick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass Abolitionists

5.  Second Great Awakening increased antislavery sentiment Most abolitionists supported other reforms as well Underground Railroad Artist’s depiction of the Underground Railroad Abolition Movement

6.  Temperance Movement  Attempted to curtail or ban alcohol  Hoped to ensure the stability of family and civil society  Women particularly involved  American Temperance Society  Related to the Second Great Awakening Temperance advocates outside a liquor store

7.  Women’s Roles  “Cult of True Womanhood”  Tied to temperance and abolition movements  Women gained confidence in ability to effect change  Education for women & children Illustration depicting many of the ideals of the “cult of true womanhood”

8.  Women’s Suffrage  Seneca Falls Convention (1848)  Declaration of Sentiments:  Based on Declaration of Independence  Called for complete equality of women and men  Demanded the right to vote  19th Amendment (1920) Newspaper ad for the Seneca Falls Convention

9.  Andrew Jackson Jacksonian Democracy: Spoils System Hands Off Approach to Economy Manifest Destiny & Indian Removal Strict Constructionist Increased Male Suffrage President for “The Common Man” Side Note: Jacksonian Political Reform

10.  Reasons for increases in mass political participation: Expansion of Suffrage elimination of property requirements Printed ballots Political conventions & party caucuses Candidates w/popular appeal Campaigns Partisan Newspapers The Expansion of Voting Rights for White Men, 1800-1830

11.  Voter Turnout Before the Civil War

12.  The expansion of voting rights for white men, 1800-1830

13.  The Development of Democracy Analyze the extent to which mid- 19th century reforms & movements influenced the development of democracy.